Laminar Flow’s Design will release their Spitfire Mk.XII 1:32 conversion on March 14th.
LFD32-003 release.
When: THURSDAY March 14th, 15:00utc
You can order this conversion set from Laminar Flow Design
Price is fixed at 49EUR ex vat
There will be around 40boxes available. This should suffice as I do not expect to be in a rush for this set. This set only contains 2 cages. Production is simple and shouldn’t be too delayed in any other situation. To sum up, I had a very low level of interest in the set, and due to its small numbers produced, was reluctant to begin working on it. As I began to research and write about the technical details, my interest quickly grew. The squadron history and its achievements made me fall in love with the Spitfire. Speaking of the set, I think I am not alone.
During and after previous set design and production, a lot of lessons were learned. This one has a number of improvements. There is abundant use of custom supports that prevent parts warping or deforming during the printing process, and also facilitate the removal.
There is an extensive chapter in the instructions for the best approach on removing the said supports. The instructions can be downloaded for free from the product pages.
A lot of work has gone into getting the fuselage to nose joints to fit and adjust as well as possible. No cuts are required for the nose fixation, and putty application should be minimal, or even non-existent.
The only base kit surgery is around the underwing panel, and involve a single straight cut along a panel line. The next 1/32 Spit variant to be released is Seafire XV/XVII. 2 sets that are developed concurrently, can’t say yet wich one first”…………………………….Laminar Flow
Ps: For the braves involved in a MkV conversion, based on the Tamiya kit, or any other kind of work requiring it, the underwing panel with the circular oil cooler could be obtained separately. Just get in touch”…………………………………Mathieu
Comprehensive Set containing 3d printed, Masks and instruction to convert the Tamiya MkIX/VIII kit to MkXII standard.Design
32 3D printed Parts comprising:
Short Griffon Nose
Carburator Intake grill
- Fishtail exhaust stack
- Complete Spinner
- Under wing MkV type oil cooler with corresponding wing replacement part.
- Masks for 2schemes:
- MB840 EB@J
EN625 DL@K
- Instructions.
- Noteworthy: Requires only one straightforward cut in the stock kit: the underwing area.
LFD32-003 – Spitfire Mk.XII Conversion – 1:32
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